TRADITIOINAL BEAUTY OF TAY ATHLETIC
IN NGHIA DO – BAO YEN – LAO CAI
Over time, although the society has changed, even though life is better, the traditional beauty is still preserved and passed on to the next generation by the Tay people. The nucleus of this journey of beautiful values is family ...
Nghia Do is a highland commune located in the northeast of Bao Yen district (Lao Cai), a long-term settlement of over 90% of Tay people. Over time, the people here have created for themselves an identity bearing the traditional culture. Must be witnessed firsthand, heard about the customs and habits of the people of Nghia Do. Nghia Do only see the values of traditional culture created by the people here and hold so precious, bold regional identity domain.
Even though life has changed, there are difficulties but the cultural beauty in every family of Tay people in Nghia Do is still preserved as "treasures" of their families that cannot be changed. When talking about the beauty of the culture of Tay Nghia Do people, we are not sure that we have understood and said all that because the beauty is quite rich and unique in the words of the voice, in the election. only act, in behavioral culture, costumes, food and customs of the people.
Indigenous voices (panacea) of Tay Nghia Do are always considered invaluable assets of the people. The quarter is not because the Tay language is rare but because it is a bold language of Tay Nghia Do, not the Tay language in any region.
Mr. Ma Thanh Soi (village of Ria, Nghia Do commune), folk artist, who has been very diligent in collecting and understanding the unique characteristics of the Tich Nghia Do language, shows that the Tay language has a deep tone and a way of playing. The sound is clearer and easier to hear. Therefore, it is easy to distinguish the pronunciation between Tay Nghia Do and Tay people from other communes or Tay people in Quang Binh district (Ha Giang) and Van Ban district.
Determining the mother tongue is an important factor, so from the time of birth and growing up, the Tay child has been taught Tay language before going to pre-school to learn Vietnamese, the children of Nghia Do were able to speak and communicate fluently in the native language. For Tay Nghia Do, it is a way for each person to remember his or her roots, always love the local language and the language always flows in the blood of each person. In order to be able to speak Tay, if you go far away or work far away, you will still be able to speak English with all the words.
Mr. Ma Thanh Soi said: “In everyday family life, in every family of Nghia Do, people communicate with each other in Tay language, naming household items also in Tay language and then The food is also Tay style. Then even in ancestor worship songs or singing songs, the Nghia Do Tay people use Tay language to take up the sounds of the forest, mountains and their hearts in this country ”.
Along with the voice, Tay costumes are preserved and passed on to descendants by Tay families in Nghia Do. Although today life has changed much but about Nghia Do, people still see traditional indigo Tay costumes. In every family, the Tay women are pioneers in maintaining and preserving the beauty of their ethnic costumes. They wear dresses in daily labor, wear Tay dresses, problems, wear rings in local festivals and every Tet. As the girls grew up, their mother taught them to cut cloth to sew skirts, sew and dress woven big brocade sheets to make wedding blankets, make pillows ... So visit Tay families in Nghia Do, step up The staircase found every house placed at the beginning of the house with a traditional loom for weaving and weaving brocade.
The Tay men always maintain short indigo costumes and berets in their daily lives and during the festival. When they are married, they are obliged to follow the customs of their ethnicity to wear a completely Tay outfit, not a mixture of other costumes. Today, Nghia Do students come to school from pre school to high school, Tay families still prepare them to wear traditional costumes to wear at the beginning of the week or big holidays. For Tay Nghia Do, it is a way to multiply the pride and pride of your children in the traditional values of the nation.
The traditional stilt house space of Tay Nghia Do is also the place where the customs and habits are deeply imbued with identity. Every family, every fire, every floor, every staircase is the place that explores the traditional beauty of the Tay people. For a year, the families of Nghia Do Tay organized special Tet holidays with special meaning such as the unique and cozy Tet holiday and the full moon in January, bustling and full of Tet, Tet and Tet holidays. Happy new rice jubilantly happy ... With that, the Lunar New Year was enough to talk about the gathering, reuniting and working together to build a warm and happy family of Tay residents in Nghia Do area.
On Lunar New Year, Tay families actively prepare everything for the New Year, both to organize warm Tet holidays, and to teach and pass on to the young people the customs only in the place. here. Along with each Tet is the cuisine with bold Tay identity. The space of the fire in each family is the place that will give delicious and unique dishes from the hands of family members. From the nucleus is every family, the Nghia Do Tay people have created a culinary area that is both attractive and unique to each person when they set foot in this basin even though they only enjoy once and remember do not forget.
The Nghia Do Tay people have long lived in houses on stilts. Therefore, the stilt house has become a sustainable traditional beauty of the people here. Back to Nghia Do, strong stilt houses on the Nam Luong stream made a beautiful picture of the life here. Therefore, this life passed away and until today, the Nghia Nghia Tay still keep and pass on the beauty in the custom of making houses on stilts. Even though it is difficult for a Tay man to get married, he must try to make a house on stilts. Where to do it, rich people make big houses, but normally do small houses.
Therefore, up to now, the old floor houses are still there, new floor houses continue to grow on the stream like the miraculous continuation of Nghia Do's native beauty. In the floor space, elderly people are grandparents, parents teach children about the custom of house on stilts, ghost offerings, sacred places in the house such as stairs, fire, place altar ... so that every growing Tay child will continue to impart those beauties of his people to the next life.
The behavioral culture of the Nghia Nghia people is known for a long time as a beauty that does not fade over time. It is from every family that behavioral culture has been preserved and transmitted by Tay people. It is a solidarity between families among villages, among them, in addition to them when each family has great merit. They came to help each other make houses, plow fields, cultivate rice,
The Nghia Nghia people are especially hospitable. They welcome guests right at the foot of the stairs when people come to play, then invite precious guests wine at the foot of the stairs to show their affection. When eating, people invite guests to sit in the most solemn place in the house and invite guests to eat the dishes they made themselves. In every family, Tay Nghia Do, descendants, grandparents, parents behave towards each other very harmoniously, warmly and rules. Elderly people are cared for by their children and grandchildren from rice to eat and drink water, parents always teach their children the right things and when they come to the house, they can say hello and send ...
Nghia Do along with many other localities are in the process of building a new countryside, developing community tourism. One of the important criteria is to preserve and promote traditional cultural values. Back to Nghia Do today, the appearance of this new rural construction movement has changed. The way to the road is more spacious than before, the shops serve the essential needs of the people more, the civil works are solid. In particular, the community-based tourism model has attracted a great number of visitors from all regions and foreign tourists to visit.
Mr. Luong Van Quan, Vice Chairman of Nghia Do Commune People's Committee shared: “Although the local appearance has changed, Nghia Do has not lost its traditional cultural beauty for a long time. That is thanks to the constant flow of power in every family - the nucleus of preserving and promoting the beauty of traditional culture here.